Accumulator for supplying liquid under pressure



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SWITCH INVENTOR' BY Cmxzw ATTOR Y Patented Oct. 13, 1942 ACCUMULATOR FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID UNDER rnnssuan Edward A. Rockwell, Hartford, Conn.

Original application October 15, 1936, Serial No.

Divided and this application Decembet 1, 1939, Serial No. 307,118

10 Claims.

My invention relates particularly to an apparatus involving a pressure accumulator, by means of which the liquid may be accumulated under pressure in an advantageous manner to provide a source of power therewith, and while it is applicable to sources of power generally it has especial application as a source of power in connection with automotive vehicles, as, for example, automobiles, and the operation of any and all accessories thereon.

The present application is partly a continuation of my U. S. Patent No. 2,136,638, granted November 15, 1938, upon Electro fiow power supply system, and a division of my application upon Pressure accumulator apparatus, Ser. No. 105,679, filed October 15, 1936, patented April 23, 1940, No. 2,197,772.

The object of my invention is to provide an accumulator apparatus by means of which liquid may be stored under a high pressure from a pumping unit, which may be driven, if desired, with only a small electric motor and pump and which need be operated only a portion of the time so that there is only a small drag on the electric battery accordingly. A further object of my invention is to provide an efiective filtering of the liquid pressure medium. Still another object is to provide efiicient means for controlling the electric current drive of the electric motor. In an improved form of my invention the object is, furthermore, to locate the controlling switch of the electric motor outside of the body of pressure liquid to avoid electrolytic action and dispersion of metal therein, also to avoid wear on the said switch. Still another object is to provide such an accumulator apparatus so constructed as to occupy a minimum amount of space in view of the limited space available for the same on the automobile chassis, and especially to reduce as far as possible the length of the entire apparatus. Again, another object is to locate the seals in the plunger-operated switch so as to avoid scoring by accumulated dirt thereon. Further objects of my invention will appear from the detailed description of the same hereinafter set forth in the several embodiments of my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 isa vertical section of the accumulator and pump with attached motor in the position in which it is ready to accumulate pressure;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the accumulator with the pressure fully accumulated therein and the switch in the position in which it has broken the circuit supplying the motor;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of the accumulator shown in the preceding figures;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the switch sleeve therein;

Fig. 5' is a diagrammatic view illustrating an assembly of the accumulator with the electric circuit for operating the electric motor and show- 1 ing in elevation a modified form of my accumulator;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section of the form of accumulator shown in Fig. 5;-

Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-section thereof taken on line 7-1 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a view showing the details of the pump of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a vertical section of a modified form of controlling switch for the electric motor;

Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic detailed view showing the circuit arrangement for the said accumulators;

Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view of a modified form of circuit arrangement for the same;

Fig. 12 is an elevation of the magnetic switch shown in Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the internal parts of the pump shown in Fig. 6; and

Fig. 15 is a section of the same taken on line l5-I5 of Fig. 14.

In the drawings, referring first to Figs. 1 to 4, which comprise subject matter divided out from my copending application above referred to, the low pressure return liquid, after having been utilized for the operation of any desired mechanism, as for example an'automotive accessory, is admitted by a low pressure port I to a pressure accumulator and supply reservoir, 2 which is made of thin metal. The supply reservoir 2 is mounted upon a pump casing 3 and is supported by a bracket 4 between rubber washers 5 on screws 6 screwed to the pump casing 3. The bracket 4 is secured on the chassis. The low pressure liquid passes from the port I through a filtersupporting head 1 having a slitted flange 8 to hold tight against the inner face of the casing 2 an annular cloth 9, the rear end of which passes around a ring l0 supported beyond the filter head I. The other end of the filter cloth 9 is supported by a ring II against a flanged disk I2. The disk is secured against the pump housing 3 by means of six screw-threaded rods I3. The rear ends of said rods support th head I between nuts I4 on the rods I3. The rods I3, furthermore, support against the face of the nuts I4 a plurality of washers IS, the nuts I4 serving to clamp between said washers I5 andthe disk I2, a plurality of tubes I6 which serve not only to space the washers I5 away from the disk I2 but also to keep the filter cloth 9 taut and, furthermore, to act, together with the rods I3, as guides for maintaining the alignment of the six accumulator springs I1, each of which surrounds a tube I6. The springs I7 are provided to accumulate stored pressure in the reservoir 2 by their further compression, it being understood, furthermore, that the springs I! are piled into the reservoir initially under great pressure so that when these springs are further compressed to the maximum within the reservoir 2 they will exert upon the liquid a pressure, for example, .of 500 lbs. per square inch, which is the stored pressure under which the apparatus preferably operates in supplying the liquid under pressure in the operation of the system. The liquid, after passing through the filter cloth 9, will enter a return passageway I8 in the pump casing 3 and will thence pass through a low pressure return inlet l9 to the pump which is driven by an electric motor 28 having a shaft 2| arranged to be connected by a driven sleeve 22 having a slot 23 with a pump shaft 24 having a tongue 25 at the forward end thereof. The pump shaft 24 is connected at its other end by a rearward tongue 26 with an auxiliary pump shaft 21. On the shaft 24 there is a forward end plate 28 having a central port 29 which is situated just in the rear of a. sealing ring 38 of the same rubber as hereinabove referred to, and which is positioned on th shaft 24 by a retaining plate 3|. The end plate 28 has four screws 32 therein for clamping the same to a central stationary pump member 33 into which they are screw-threaded. Between the end plate 28 and the pump member 33 there is a gear housing 34 having a recess 35 for pump gears 36 and 31, the gear 36 being doweled on the end of the shaft 24. Between the pump member 34 and the end plate 28 there is a spacing member 38 which has a radial passageway 39, conveying any oil away from the opening 29 and thence by a peripheral passageway 48 to the inlet port I9 so that the incoming oil is supplied from the port I9 through a radial port 4| in the central member 33 to one side of the gear 36 and 31, by the rotation of which the liquid is discharged from the other wire of said gears through an inclined passageway 42, also in the central pump member 33 to one side of a pair of gears 43 and 44 located in an opening 45 in a pump member 46, one of which is tight on the auxiliary shaft 21. The liquid passes from the outlet side of the gears 43 and 44 into a passageway 48 in a spacing member 49 located around the shaft 21 and which is clamped to the central pump member 33 by screws 32 which pass through a rear end plate The liquid under pressure, after passing through the passageway 48, proceeds in a radial direction through a slot 52 in the end plate SI and thence into an annular passageway 53 around the same, so that the liquid at this point may take a double path, on path being forwardly through a peripheral port 54 in the spacing member 49 and thence through a port 55 in The compression plate 81 supports the forward ends of the springs I1. Thus, as the pressure accumulates in the chamber 8| the compression plate 81 is gradually pushed to the rear until a Bakelite circuit breaker 88, secured to the piston 65, breaks the electrical circuit which drives the motor 28. For this p rpose the circuit breaker 88 is brought into contact at the rear part of its path of movement with a button 88 on the end of a slidable sleeve 18, which is secured thereto by a rivet 1| which also passes through a stop sleeve 12 on the outside of the sleeve 18, which in turn is supported in the end of the casing 2 by a Bakelite plug 14 and Bakelite and metallic washers 15 and 18, as well as nuts 11 and 18 between which the end of a circuit wire 18 is clamped. It will be noted that on the screw-threaded end of the rod 13, in front of the Bakelite plug 14, there is a Bakelite washer 18, a washer 88 and a nut 8| which serve to clamp in place two grounded contact arms 82 and 83 which have leaf springs 84 and 85, respectively, above the same. The

inner ends of these contact arms 82 and 83 carry rollers 86 and 81, respectively, which are arranged to ride on the squared face of a slidable conducting sleeve 88 mounted on the sliding sleeve 18. At its forward end the conducting sleeve 88 has a flange 88 and next to it a mica disk 88 acting as a spark arrester and in front of this a Bakelite non-conducting sleeve 8|, also squared, and having a limiting flange 82 at its forward end similar in shape to a limiting flange 93 at the rear end of the sleeve 88. At the rear of the flange 93 there is a spring housing 84 which contains a slight spring 85 around a stop sleeve 98, the rear end of the spring 95 being sup- P rted against a flanged disk 81, on the other side of which there is a stronger spring 88 resting against the washer 88. At the forward end of the sleeve 18 there is a spring housing 88 which encloses a light spring I88. This arrangement is such that when thecircuit breaker 88 pushes the button 69 to the rear, this direction of movement will continu until the rear end of the sleeve 12 reaches the rear portion of the spring housing 99 and thereafter the slight added push on the button 88 will cause the rollers 88 and 81 to snap onto the non-conducting sleeve 8| through the action of the spring I88. The spring I88 of itself is not strong enough to snap the rollers 88 and 81 onto the non-conducting ring 9|. In the reverse movement, after the circuit breaker 88 has released the button 88, when the liquid pressure is lowenough to permit this forward movement or the circuit breaker 68, the

. spring 98 moves the sleeve 86 forwardly until it the member 46 and a passageway 56 to an impact cushion-chamber 51 in a removable dome 58 on the pump casing 3, to relieve the initial starting torque, but the main flow of the liquid passesaround the outer periphery of the end plate 5| and thence past an annular rubber seal 59 which is retained in an annular recess .88 on a rearward extension of the end member 5|. The liquid thus discharged around the annular rubber ring 59 is received in a pressure reservoir 6| in the pump casing 3 from which it is supplied through an outlet port 62 by a flexible tube 63 to any point where the pressure liquid is to be utilized. The pressure built up in the chamber 6| by the rotation of the gears 38 and 31, 43 and 44, is communicated to a piston 65, having on its face a sealing ring 68 of the same rubber material in contacts with the forward end of th spring housing 94, whereupon a slight added push will induce the spring to snap the rollers 88 and 81 into the position shown in Fig. 3. The circuit arrangement, including the electric motor 28 and th switch just described, comprises a battery I8I, one side of which is connected to the ground I 82 and the other-side of which is connected by a wire I84 to one pole I88 of the motor 28. The

- wire 19 leads to the remaining pole I88 of the motor 28. Preferably, also, this pole I88 is conthe pressure reservoir 6|, which piston carries a compression plate 61 thereon inside the casing 2.

nected by a wire I88 to the wire I84, so that whenever the current is. being supplied to the motor 28, due to the lightened pressure in the liquid, the dash light I88 will be illuminated. Inasmuch as only very little liquid is utilized in the operation of the accessory thereis only a very little drop in the pressure at anytime, and,

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pressure in the reservoir 6|, the rotation of the pump will rapidly build up the pressur so as to further compress the springs I1 until the circuit is again broken by the rollers 88 and 81, passing onto the Bakelite sleeve III. While the current I is on, the dash light I08 will show up but as soon as the current is broken it will, of course, cease to be lighted.

In the modified form of my invention as shown in Figs. 5 to 8, certain features, including the accumulator, have'been changed somewhat. However, the construction is the same as in the form in the preceding figures except in the following respects: In this instance the motor shaft 22 is connected by a universal joint I09 of any conventional construction, to the pump shaft 24. In this instance, furthermore, there is a modified form of accumulator plunger IIO which, in order to avoid scoring of the plunger by accumulated dirt, has a liquid seal III at the right-hand end of said plunger and which, at its extreme right-hand end, is provided with a clearance II2 for the same purpose located around a flange II2a spaced from the adjacent enclosing wall. It will be noted that this plunger IIO operates in a cylinder I I3 which in this instance, to avoid undue length of the apparatus; extends into the interior of the supply reservoir, said cylinder being located within a pump casing II4 suitably constructed for this purpose. It will be noted that the pump casing II4 has a flange II4a for attaching it to a motor casing II4b to shorten up the assembly. In this instance, furthermore, it will be noted that in the pump there is a low pressure intake I I4c which is located to the left of the first gear cavity. Also, as shown in Fig. 15, there is a dome I I46 drilled into the central stationary pump member connecting with the liquid passageway therein to balance the pulsations be tween the first and second gear cavities. Furthermore, in this instance I have provided an unloader valve II Ie in the discharge passageway from the spacing member at the right-hand end of the pump. The said unloader valve is --provided with a constricted portion IIdf which is adapted to unload the pressure on the outlet fromthe pump when the flow drops to a predetermined minimum rate by establishing; communication between a passageway 4g and an equalizing passageway 4h leading through the low pressure inlet to the pump. The lower end of the unloader valve II Ie cuts ofi communication between said passageways when the flow of the fluid is sufflcient, by acting on a piston head II4i of the unloader valve to hold the valve in its uppermost position against the pressure of the pumped fluid. In other words, when the pressure drops, that is when the motor is cut ofi,

the pressure of the trapped fluid will push the unloader valve II4e down, where it will establish communication between passageways 4;, and 70 471.. Thus, when the accumulator switch cuts in the electric motor will, therefore, start with no load as it will have to obtain sufllcient speed to create enough flow to lift the unloader valve and lock nuts IBI.

against the pressure. Within the plunger H 7 there is a central recess II! to receive a hexagonal rod H8 to enable it to be held from turning when the apparatus is being assembled, the same being adapted to receiv in its end a screw III for holdingin place a dished spring retainer II8 which extends around the outside of the cylinder I I3 for retaining the springs I1 inplace at one end thereof. The said screw H1 is carried in a narrow extension IIII of the said hexagonal red I IS, the outside of which extension is screw-threaded and carries thereon a lock washer I and a nut -I2I. A look washer I22 is carried around the screw III at the end of the reduced extension 9. The said screw II1, furthermore, has a head I23 with a central slit I24 to receive loosely therein a ,tongue I25 of a switch operating rod I20, said tongue being held loosely in place to allow slight lateral movement of the switch operating'rod 26 by means of a pin I21. 0n the head I23 of the said screw there is carried a spring housing I28 which is held in place thereon by a snap-ring I28 and adjacent to the face of the said head I23 there is a washer I30 against which one end of a spring I3I rests. The said spring I3I is located around a stop sleeve I32, the right-hand end of which acts as a stop in cooperation with the inturned end of the spring housing I28 in the operation of the switch. The said switch operating rod, furthermore, carries movably thereon a hardened steel-block I33 having brazed to the right-hand end thereof a switch-operating sleeve I34 and there is located around the periphery of the block a tapered annular flange I35 for cooperating with a plurality of rollers I36 which are carried, respectively, on arms I31 supported on pivots I38 on an end casting I33, which also is provided with lugs I40 for supporting springs I4I be'aring againstthe said levers I31 to press them inwardly for snap action in cooperation with the said flange I35. Within the switch operating sleeve I34 there is another spring housing I42 having within the same a spring I43 and held in place by a snapring I44 against a spring retaining washer I45 which rests against a head I45 on the rod I 26. The said spring I43 is held at its other end by an inturned inwardly directed portion of the sleeve I42. Within said spring there is, furthermore, a stop sleeve I31, the left-hand end of in place a filter-supporting perforated shell I53- for supporting a filter cloth I54, which fllter cloth has at one end a sealing and retaining ring I55 and at the other end a similar retaining ring I56 which holds its end of the filter cloth in a recess I51 on a flange I50, which is also provided with a recess I53 for receiving the adjacent end of the shell I53. The said shell I53, at the right-hand end. is located against the casting I39 through which the rods I48 pass and on the other side of said casting the rods I48 have lock washers I60 The outer ends of the rods I48 pass through the enclosing shell ofthe reservoir, the left-hand end of the shell being received against a gasket I62 in a recess on the pump housing I I4 and against which it is held by nuts I68 and lock washers I84. There are five other screw-threaded rods I65 which are similar in every respect to the rods I48 except that they do not extend through the casting I88 but merely cooperate with the springs I1, the filter I58 and the pump housing I I4. The enclosing shell, furthermore, has at its top a vent opening I which is closed by a vented receptacle I61 packed with horsehair and covered with a ribbed cap I88 to permit the passage of air between the ribs thereto. Furthermore, it will be noted that the righthand end of the filter cloth I54 is held tightly against the inner face of the enclosing shell so that the incoming oil must pass through the end of the shell I53 and thence radially through the filter cloth.

n the rlght-handend of the enclosing shell, around a central opening therein, there is supported a switch housing I69 by screws I10. This switch housing I69 has a plurality of oil ports "I which communicate with an oil recess "2 having a rubber gasket I18 therein, U- sinned in cross-section, to seal a switch plunger 883 having an annular oil-carrying-recess I15, and on the left-hand end a push-plate I16 held in place by a screw I11. The said plate I16 is adapted to be operated by the switch operating sleeve I34. The rubber seal I18 rests against a backing piece I18 against which there is located a washer I19 held in place by a snapring I80 in the switch housing I69. Around the outside of the plunger I14 there is a stop snapring I8I. The right-hand end of the plunger I14 re ts against a conducting disk I82 which is supported in eyelet shaped rings I88 slidably carried on a plurality of studs I84 carrying coil springs I85 supported against heads I 88 on said studs. The studs I84 are carried by a non-conducting plate I81 supported between Bakelite washers I88 by screws I89 from the switch housing I69. The said plate I81 carries thereon a contact ring I90 which is connected by a conductor I9I to a terminal I92 of the electric circuit, to which a wire I98 is connected. The terminal I92 is mounted in a switch cover I94 held in place by the screws I89 and from which it is suitably insulated in the usual way. On the switch cover I94 there is also located another terminal I95 to which the other wire I96 of the circuit is connected. The inner end of said terminal I95 is connected by a braided insulated wire I91 to a terminal I98 mounted on the Bakelite disk I82. It will be obvious that this form of my invention operates in substantially the same way as the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4. However, in this instance the plunger IIO will not be scored by dirt as the sliding portion thereof is located in the filtered fluid to the left of the rubber seal III. Also, in this instance the switch, being located outside of the body of oil and being operated by the sleeve I84 and the push-plate I18 on the plunger I14, will not cause the deposition of metal electrolytically on the parts of the switch mechanism. Also, it will be seen that the switch may be more readily constructed and maintained in order because of its location and arrangement. Furthermore, the parts of the reservoir may be more readily constructed and assembled due to the absence of the flanges on the enclosing shell for attachment to the pump housing, as in the previously described form of my invention.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 9 there is a modified form of the switch in which sliding oil seals are obviated. The construction of the apparatus in this form of my invention is the same as that just described inconnection with Figs. 5 to 8 except as follows: In this instance the switch operating sleeve I84 is provided at the right-hand end with a Bakelite button I98 which is adapted to cooperate with a head 288 on the end of a switch-operating plunger "I. Said plunger 28I carries adjacent to the head 200 one end of a rubber boot 282 which is fastened in place by snap rings 288, the other end of the said boot being similarly fastened in a screw-threaded hexagonal plug 204 through which the plunger 20I passes, said plug being screw-threaded in a casing 285 which is brazed into a hole at the end of the reservoir enclosing shell. Screw-threaded on the other end of the plug 205 there is a rubber or Bakelite terminal member 206 which carries two electric terminals 201 and 208 as the terminals of the switch. The extreme end of the said plunger 20I has loosely mounted on a reduced extension a Bakelite disk 289 having a bridging contact ring 2| 0 secured to the periphery thereof, the disk 209 and plunger 20I being normally moved toward the left by a. spring 2I0 carried in a spring pocket 2 riveted to an enclosing minal I93.

cap 2 I2 which has a spring tongue 2I8 for holding the cap in an annular recess on the insulating terminal piece 286. The operation of the switch in this fonn of my invention is similar, because of its location, to the operation of the form of my invention shown in Figs. 5 to 8. However, in this instance the use of the boot 202 eliminates the necessity of sliding seals for the switch construction and the parts herein are much more simple and readily manufactured.

As shown in Fig. 10, the system may be provided with a circuit containing a magnetic switch permitting the operation initially of the pressure switch by a primary current of, for instance, seven amperes, and then when the magnetic switch cuts in to apply to the motor a greater ampere of about forty to fifty amperes. This magnetic switch may also have contacts for cutting out a standard current and voltage regulator at times and for brief intervals so as to secure the maximum current from the generator when needed. In this arrangement the terminal I98, for example, leads to switch terminals 2 and 2I5 on a dash panel 2I6 having a wire 2" thereon containing a lamp which in turn is connected to a series winding 2I8 of a compound motor 2I9 for driving the pump, the other terminal of the motor being grounded. The said wire 2" has a branch 220 leading to a terminal 22I of a magnetic switch 222 which is provided with a magnetically operated core 228 adapted to be operated by low voltage primary circuit windings 224 connected to the ter- The said core carries a circuit closing plate 225 adapted to cut in a higher amperage to the motor, as shown, for bridging across the contact 22I and a contact 226 in the circuit with the windings 224, which in turn are connected by a wire 221 and a wire 228 to a storage battery 229, the other terminal of which has a ground 230. The said wire 221, furthermore, has a branch 28I which leads to a standard current and voltage regulator 232, the other terminal of which is connected by a wire 233 to the field of a generator 234, the armature thereof being connected by a wire 235 to a switch contact 236 adapted to be bridged by a contact plate 231 on the plunger 223 with a contact 288 connected by a wire 239 with the wire 233. By means of this magnetic switch, when needed, the entire current from the generator may be utilized by automatically cutting out the current from the current and voltage regulator, which can be done effectively for short intervals without damaging the generator.

The circuit arrangement in Figs. 11 to 13 is a modified form of the magnetic switch construction but in which the wiring is simpler .for the reason that one of the terminals of the magnetic switch is grounded at 240 and the current and voltage regulator is grounded at 2. In this instance, also, a slightly different type of generator 242 is shown.

While I have described my invention above in detail I wish it to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the same.

I claim:

1. In an accumulator for accumulating and delivering accumulated pressureior the performance of work, in combination, a plurality of compressible elastic units adapted to apply accumulated pressure when said units are under comhigh compression positions, end closures for the tubular means fastened thereto, adapted to act as supports for said elastic units and fluid pressure supplying apparatus adapted to receive fluid and deliver it under pressure by means of the pressure accumulated by said units.

2-. In an accumulator for accumulating and delivering accumulated pressure for the performance of work, in combination, a plurality of compressible elastic units adapted to apply accumulated pressure when said units are under compression, a movable wall connected to said units for compressing the same, tubular means for maintaining the alignment of the units throughout the length of said units in their low and high compression positions, end enclosures for the tubular means fastened thereto, adapted to act as supports for said elastic units and fluid pressure supplying apparatus adapted to receive fluid and deliver it under pressure by means of the pressure accumulated by said units, comprising a piston connected to said units for delivering said fluid under pressure.

3. A pressure accumulator, comprising a series of coil springs located side by side, tubular means for maintaining the alignment of the springs throughout their lengths, end enclosures for the tubular means fastened thereto, adapted to act as supports for said springs, a common plate for the support of the springs, and a piston attached to said plate.

4. In combination, a casing having a chamber therein, adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a cylindrical stationary closure for one side of the chamber, having an inlet passageway and a circular extension, an annular resilient sealing member supported on said extension, having a cylindrical flange adapted to allow the passage of the fluid into said chamber but to seal the closure by the pressure of the fluid in said chamber, a piston on the other side of said chamber,

and means associated with the piston for accumulating the pressure in said chamber.

5. Incombination, a casing having a chamber therein, adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a cylindrical stationary closure for one side of the chamber, having an inlet-passageway and a circular extension, an annular resilient sealing 'member supported on said extension, having a cylindrical peripheral flange adapted to allow the passage of the fluid into said chamber but to seal the closure by the pressure of the fluid in said chamber.

6. In combination, a casing having a chamber therein, adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a piston for the chamber, one side of which is adjacent to the fluid under pressure, having a circular extension on the side of said piston adjacent to said chamber, an annular resilient sealing member supported on said extension, having a cylindrical flange adapted to seal the piston by the pressure of the fluid in said chamber, and enclosed means located on the opposite side of said piston to receive the liquid before being placed under pressure and for accumulating the pressure of the pressure fluid.

'7. In combination, a casing having a chamber therein, adapted to contain a fluid under pressure, a piston for the chamber, one side of which is adjacent to the fluid under pressure, having a.circular extension on the side of said piston adjacent to said chamber, an annular resilient sealing member supported on said extension, having a cylindrical peripheral flange adapted to seal the piston by the pressure of the fluid in said chamber, and enclosed means located on the opposite side of said piston to receive the liquid before being placed under pressure and for accumulating the pressure of the pressure fluid.

8. In combination, a casing, a cylindrical member movable therein, said casing having a chamber adjacent to the cylindrical member, adapted to receive the fluid under pressure, and a resilient sealing ring for the cylindrical member, adapted to receive a pressure laterally on said ring, said member being constructed with a flange spaced from the chamber wall and overlying the sealing ring so as to restrict the pressure of the ring between the cylindrical member and said wall.

9. In a pressure accumulator, the combination of a plunger adapted to supply liquid under pressure, an actuator therefor adapted to store up pressure liquid on one side of the plunger, said plunger having a liquid seal located immediately between the stored liquid and the sliding surface of said plunger, and a filter located onthe other side of said plunger in the path of the liquid in passing from its source of supply to the plunger to be supplied under pressure thereby.

10, In a pressure accumulator, the combination of a plunger adapted to supply liquid under pressure, a cylinder for the same, and an accumulator therefor comprising a plurality of compressible springs adapted to store up pressure as applied to the plunger as well as liquid to be supplied by the plunger, said plunger having a dished spring support within the accumulator, within the dished portion of which the cylinder extends.

EDWARD A. ROCKWELL. 

